NSS and PAM (was Re: NSS and PAM, dynamic vs. static)

[Richard Coleman]

slave-mike wrote:

> why does /bin/sh need NSS support?

1. If you are using pam_ldap, tilde expansion will be broken in /bin/sh 
without nss_ldap support.
2. Tilde expansion is required for POSIX conformance.

It's not the strongest rationale.  But it's something to consider.

Richard Coleman
richardcoleman at mindspring.com